History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Think Pink!

 

that's Mike Sorokin with "The Surfers" at Fontana, not Danny Ongais

 

M/T's FE Ford in England.

 

The Bushmaster in the Yellow Fang

 

Are the blisters for foot clearance?

 

Missed that, good point...and it looks like hinges below the grille...

 

Yes, there is a very good story on both the building and restoration of the Old Master in a copy of Rodder's Journal...I don't remember who the first driver was supposed to be, because Mike Snively, Connie Swingle and McEwen all drove it, but the first driver had big feet....according to the story.

 

This thread just keeps getting better and better with each new post.

Jimbo

 

And here it is on the jig at Don long's shop last week. Prudhomme was cruising the swap meet at the CHRR looking for parts to complete the restoration



Roo

 

here's an article describing the Sorokin/Surfers win at Fontana. If we don't know who's in the photo, then just post the photo without a caption. Once something gets miss-labeled it's then considered "accurate" and that's a disservice to history.
I don't mean to sound bitchy, but with guys like Gary Reynolds, D.N.D, tommyd, Rooman, Dean Lowe and 296ardun we have a very knowledgeable group that can add much to keeping history alive and accurate so let's lean on each other to do so.
http://www.hotrod.com/features/history/stories/hrdp-9810-southern-california-top-fuel-movement/

 

More Mike Marinoff: http://illegends.homestead.com/IllegendsMM.html

 

Found some SPECTACULAR pics from the 62 Winters.
The Shark Car vs one of M/T Pontiacs ?.

 

Pics by Alex A Arbuckle

 

Is this Roland Leong?